The Luhyia Nation is boiling with anger and now wants answers. This is with regards to the sacking of former Sports CS Rashid Echesa.
Echesa has himself admitted that he did not see President Kenyatta’s axe falling on him and that he only learnt of his sacking through the Television.
Echesa is now jobless and leaders from Western Kenya are not happy. The leaders led by Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali have called on President Kenyatta to reconsider his decision to fire Echesa as the sports CS.
According to Washiali, the Luhyia Nation is in low spirits as they feel they have been left out and are no longer part of the Government.
Washiali has faulted an already set precedence that everytime someone needs to be punished in the government, it has to be someone from Western Kenya.
He remembered how Bungoma senator Moses Wetang’ula was dewhiped as senate Minority leader and replaced by someone from Nyanza.
He also decried that fact that the person who has indirectly taken over from Echesa in the education docket also hails from Nyanza.
Is Western region being sacrificed? asked Washiali.
The legislator said they have lobbied a section of politicians from Western to visit Uhuru amid efforts to find out what might have been the reason behind the sacking.
He said it was unfair for Echesa to be punished when little has been written about corruption in the sports docket.
“We are confused. We don’t know what to say. We don’t want to be judgmental or condemn anything but we are of the opinion that this handshake will breed more trouble than we expected,” he said.
He argued that if Uhuru had seen that Echesa has wronged in one way or the other he should have consulted the entire leadership from the region so that at least are in the know.
“It is unfortunate that people who opposed Jubilee’s regime are reaping a lion share as opposed to the people who sacrificed to see them back to power. Some of us were threatened bu vowed to take the bullet for Uhuru and this is how he repays us,” Washiali protested.
“We want Uhuru because he is the boss to reconsider the move. Even if Echesa wasn’t the right person he wanted for the docket, we have other people from the region who have what it takes to lead the docket,” he added.
Should President Kenyatta reconsider his decision to Sack Rashid Echesa?